Influenza H1N1 continues to decline

Pandemic influenza H1N1, which has killed 16,455 since March 2009, continues to decline worldwide, according to the latest report published Friday by the World Health Organization (WHO).

"As of February 28, 2010, more than 212 countries and territories around the world have reported confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, of which at least 16,455 deaths, or 229 additional fatal cases in one week, said the WHO, in a note on its website.

At the peak of disease in the Northern Hemisphere, the WHO reported more than a thousand deaths a week. In the region most affected by the pandemic, America, the flu reached its peak in October-November, the WHO had estimated in January.

But the H1N1 continues to be the predominant flu virus worldwide and the organization, following the advice of the emergency committee, said February 24 it was too early to announce that the epidemic was behind us.

"In the temperate Northern Hemisphere, the influenza virus pandemic continues to be detected in many countries, however, the toxicity of influenza continues to decline almost everywhere," the WHO said on Friday.

The transmission thus remains "active" in parts of South-Eastern Asia, especially Thailand and Burma, and in limited areas of East and South-Eastern Europe, says WHO .

It is also noted that several countries in West Africa including Senegal register more and more cases of flu pandemic although surveillance data are limited in these areas.

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